BENGALURU: The Siddaramaiah cabinet decided on Thursday to initiate legal action based on retired HC judge John Michael D'Cunha's report indicting IPL franchise RCB , Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and event management firm DNA Entertainment Networks for the June 4 stampede outside Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy Stadium in which 11 cricket fans died and over 50 others were injured.
"Action against (suspended) government officials depends on the outcome of the departmental inquiry," law and parliamentary affairs minister H K Patil said after the cabinet meeting in which the inquiry report was formally accepted.
DNA Entertainment immediately filed a petition in Karnataka HC, asking for the inquiry commission's report to be quashed on grounds of alleged procedural lapses and bias.
CM Siddaramaiah suspended ex-Bengaluru police chief B Dayananda and four other senior cops on charges of crowd-management lapses, while fending off allegations that his govt was just as reponsible for clearing a victory parade for IPL champions RCB even before the final in Ahmedabad got over on June 3. The Central Administrative Tribunal has since stayed the suspensions.
DNA's petition alleges that the report was submitted in "undue haste", ignoring "critical documentation" demonstrating the firm's efforts to manage the event inside the stadium. It argues that an event management company can't be held liable for crowd mismanagement outside the venue, which is under the government's jurisdiction.
The firm has also flagged simultaneous inquiries in alleged violation of Article 20(2) of the Constitution, which prohibits multiple proceedings for the same offence.
HC had taken suo motu cognizance of the stampede deaths and sought a report from the state government, following which the commission of inquiry was announced. A parallel CID investigation and a magisterial inquiry led by the deputy commissioner (Bengaluru urban) are underway.
The D'Cunha commission named KSCA president Raghuram Bhat, former secretary A Shankar, ex-treasurer ES Jayaram, RCB vice-president Rajesh Menon, DNA managing director T Venkatavardhan and vice-president Sunil Mathur, among others, as responsible for the stampede.
"Action against (suspended) government officials depends on the outcome of the departmental inquiry," law and parliamentary affairs minister H K Patil said after the cabinet meeting in which the inquiry report was formally accepted.
DNA Entertainment immediately filed a petition in Karnataka HC, asking for the inquiry commission's report to be quashed on grounds of alleged procedural lapses and bias.
CM Siddaramaiah suspended ex-Bengaluru police chief B Dayananda and four other senior cops on charges of crowd-management lapses, while fending off allegations that his govt was just as reponsible for clearing a victory parade for IPL champions RCB even before the final in Ahmedabad got over on June 3. The Central Administrative Tribunal has since stayed the suspensions.
DNA's petition alleges that the report was submitted in "undue haste", ignoring "critical documentation" demonstrating the firm's efforts to manage the event inside the stadium. It argues that an event management company can't be held liable for crowd mismanagement outside the venue, which is under the government's jurisdiction.
The firm has also flagged simultaneous inquiries in alleged violation of Article 20(2) of the Constitution, which prohibits multiple proceedings for the same offence.
HC had taken suo motu cognizance of the stampede deaths and sought a report from the state government, following which the commission of inquiry was announced. A parallel CID investigation and a magisterial inquiry led by the deputy commissioner (Bengaluru urban) are underway.
The D'Cunha commission named KSCA president Raghuram Bhat, former secretary A Shankar, ex-treasurer ES Jayaram, RCB vice-president Rajesh Menon, DNA managing director T Venkatavardhan and vice-president Sunil Mathur, among others, as responsible for the stampede.
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